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CHARLES MONDENG, OF MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA.

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srncrrrcnrxon forming part of Letters Patent No. 629,167, dated July1-8, 1899.

7 Application filed March 25, 1898. Serial No. 675,0?8r (No model.)

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Beit known that 1, CHARLES MONDENG, a citizen of the United States,residing at Minneapolis, in the county of Hennepin and State ofMinnesota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inHoney-Box Machines; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full,clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enableothers skilledv in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame. Y

Myinvention relates to machines for making honey boxes or sections; andit has for its principal object to provide such a machine capable ofperforming the complete operation and makingthe box blank or section.

My invention consists of the novel devices and combinations of deviceshereinafter described, and defined in the claims.

The preferred form of my said invention is illustrated in theaccompanying drawings, wherein like characters indicate like partsthroughout the several views.

Figure 1 is 'a view in right side elevation showing my improved machine.Fig. 2 is a plan view of the same. Fig. 3 is a vertical section takenapproximately on the line 00 0: of Fig. 2.' Fig. 4 is a detail view inrear elevation with some parts broken away, showing thedischarge-plunger or ejecting-blade and associated parts. Figs. 5 anddare diagram views, respectively, in right and left side elevations,illustrating in particular the driving connections for the variousmovable parts'of the machine; and Figs. '7 and 8 are perspective views,of the finished product, the former showing the section as in blank formand the latter illustrating the completed box.

The frame of the machine is made up principally of a flat bed-plate aand parallel side brackets a, which support the same. A rectangularchannel through which the blanks are fed laterally is formed on the faceof the bed-plate a by the cooperation of a fixed 1ongitudinal end guideI), an adjustable longitudinally-extended end; guide b and a pair ofoverhead or top guide bars or strips b The adjustable guide I) isprovided with slotted feet or lugs 6 through the slots of whichsetscrews 11 are passed and screwed into the bedplate a.

. The overhead uides or bars b are rovided with perforations bSpring-catches h lare secured to theforward'end of these exten- =sionfsb and work with their free ends mounted forjvertical movements withinsaid perfosprings or catches b 'is a'codperatingand similar spring-catchb These spring-catches plate a, to which their forward ends are secured,and are prov'idedwith depending fingers at their free ends, which arefree to work in seats or perforations b in said bed-plate.

with forward extensions 5 that are provided b are shown ascountersunkinto the bed-.

rations b Immediately below each of these The blanks are fed laterally,extending of the feed-head-as shown the right-hand,

member-is provided with a depending finger 0 which is spaced apart fromthe face of the feed-bar c far'enough to permit the blank to be placedbetween the same by endwise move- Inent.

At the rear end of the blank-containing channel or guideway,hereinbefore noted as being formed between the bed-plate 0, bars 19 andend guides 11 b, a discharge-head or ejector is mounted to workvertically, so as to eject the sections one by one. This discharge-heador ejector, as shown, comprises a transversely-extended ejector-blade f,set edgewise in a vertical plane and provided at its ends with verticalracks f'.' The ejectorblade f works in a narrow tranverse exit-passage fformed between the rear end of the blank-containing channel and the faceof a guide flange or plate j, that is rigidly secured at its ends to theframe sides a. Pinions f on a rock-shaft f journaled in boxes f on themain frame, are in mesh one with each of the racks f. i

The feed-head and the discharge-head or ejector are reciprocated so thatthe former will feed and the latter discharge or eject a section inalternate order through the following" connections: The shaft f isprovided with an arm f and the shaft 0 is provided with a bell-crank c.The lower arm of the bell-crank c is connected to the free end ofthe armf byalinkf c indicates a counter shaft which is journaled in the lowerportions of the side frames a. This shaft 0 is provided at one end witha crank-arm c ,'which is connected to the upper arm of the bellcrank oby means of a link 0. The shaft 0 .is also provided with a pulley 0 Ashaft g, mounted in suitable hearings on. the under side of thebed-plate a, carries a v opposite to the saw g the guide I) is cut awayor notched on its inner guiding edge,asshown at Z1 After this notch Z1reaches a point rearward of the transverseline cutting the rear edge ofthe saw it is inclined or beveled,

so that it will cam the sections back into the line which they formerlyoccupied.

The cutters for forming the notches or the machine and arepositioned onedirectly over the other. The shaft his mounted in journalboXes h ,thatare adjustablymounted for vertical movements on brackets 7L3, rigidlysecured to andrising from the opposite sides of the bed-plate. Thejournal-boxes 7L are vertically adjusted by means of vertical screwrodshflswiveled thereto and working through lugs 7L5 on the brackets 7Z3. Attheir npperends the screw-rods 71 are provided with sprocketwheels h,over which a sprocketchain 7L7 runs, so that both of said screw-rods,and hence, also, both of said journal-boxes 71, will be simultaneouslymoved or vertically adjusted. This simultaneous adjustment of thejournalboxes 7L2 is readily accomplished by means of a hand-crank 7L8,secured or securable to one of the screw-rods 1L By this means it isevident that the shaft h when vertically adj usted will always remainparallel to the face of the bed-plate a.

The shaft h is journaled in boxes or blocks 7L9, that are mounted forvertical adj ustinents in keepers or brackets h secured to the underside of the bed-plate a, oneat each side of the same. Set-screwsh workthrough the bottoms of the keepers h and engage the bottoms of theblocks 7L to effect the vertical adjustments of the same. Otherset-screws h which work through the sides of the brackets h and arescrewed into the blocks h, serve to lock said blocks wherever set.

The knives or cutters 78 which cut the beepassages or entrance-notches,are approximately U-shaped, and their prongs are socounter-shafts '7care journaled. ends of the brackets embrace the trans-V cured to annularheads h, that are ad justably mounted, two on the shaft 7; and two on Vthe shaft h. 'lheupper cutters work through.

passages cut in the overhead guides b and bed plate a and extendingparallel to the counter-shafts h and h, is'a transverse guiderod 7c.Mounted for transverse adjustments on this rod is is a pair ofjournal-brackets 76, having journal boxes k in which vertical The lowerverse guide-bar 70 The prongs which embrace this guide -'bar k areadapted to be clamped onto the same to rigidly secure the a thebed-plate a, they are provided with a plurality or stack of smallcircle-saws it that are spaced-apart from each other approximately thethickness of the saws themselves. The saws on the one shaft or spindle70 are set in planes that fall between the saws that are carried by theother shaft or mandrel.

As will later appear, these saws are adapted to cut grooves in the endsof the box-section,

or, in othenwords, to form the same with an interlockingtongue-and-groove joint.

Thebrackets 7c, and hence, of course, the

saws 70 are adapted to be adjusted laterally and to be moved outward farenough to throw said saws outward of the guides Z) and 1), therebypermitting the saws to be lifted off from their shafts or mandrels. Asshown, the right-hand bracket 7; is adjusted by a long transverse rod inthat is swiveled against endwise movement in the left-hand bracket J0,works through a large perforation it in the left-hand bracket 7t, and isscrewed into said right hand bracket. The left hand bracket is in asimilar manner adjusted bya short screw-threaded rod 75, that isswiveled against endwise movement in the left-hand frame-section a andis screwed into said lefthand bracket 7c. A removable hand-crank 7a isadapted to be applied to the projecting angular ends of either of thescrew-rods 7t k Below the bed-plate a, between the saws k and thedischargepassage f another transverse counter-shaft-nisjournaled. Saidshaft is journaled directly in boxes 72, that are adjustably mounted inkeepers or flanged seats n and are secured where set by set-screws 12 Atits outer end the counter-shaft n is provided with a small pulley n, andat its intermediate portion it is provided with a se ries-as shownthree--of tool-carrying heads or collars 71 that are preferably adjustably mounted on said shaft. These heads or collars of carry knivesor, that are provided with V-shaped extremities, adapted to cut V-shapedvertical grooves in the box-sections as-they are being ejected or forcedvertically downward against the face of the backing or guideplate f Thebox sections are spring-held against the faceof said backing or guide fwhile the cutters n are operating thereon by means of spring-fingers 19,that are secured at their intermediate portions to a transverse bar 9',rigidly secured to and extending between the frame brackets or sides a.

The driving belts and pulleys which in-the' particular constructionillustrated are employed to give motion tothe various movable parts areillustrated in Figs. 5 and 6. In these views 1 indicates what for thepurposes of this illustration may be described as a wide-faced pulley,although, in fact, several pulleys will be employed instead. This pulley1 is carried by a shaft 2, which may receive motion in any suitable way.The shaft 2 also carries a very small pulley 3. .4 indicates thecounter-shaft, provided with a large pulley 5 and small pulley 6. A belt7 runs over the pulleys 3 and 5, and another belt 8 runs over the pulley6 and the pulley 0 9, which latter pulley transmits motion to thefeed-head and discharge-head or ejector. The parallel shafts 7b and hproject in opposite directions and areprovided'at their projecting.ends,'respectively, with small pulleys h and h A belt 9 runs over thepulley land the pulley h. A belt 10 runs over the pulleys g and n A belt11 runs over the pulley 1, small pulley h, over the pulley g and belt10, and over a loose pulley l2. Belts 13 run over pulleys 1 and It.

In the description of the operation, which will soon follow, it will beimportant to note the action of a cam-flange or knife-edged strip 13.This cam strip or knife t is shown as secured to the under side of theright-hand member of the overhead guides b and at a point transverselyopposite to the recessed or cut-away portion b of the guide I).

In Figs. 7 and 8,2 indicates the finished box section, which whenfinished is provided with three transversely-extended-V-shaped grooves2, that are out nearly, but not quite, through the section. At its endssaid section 2 is formed with interlocking tongues and grooves .2 andcertain of the subsections or sides of the box-forming section 5 aregrooved or cut out, as shown at 2 to form what are usually termedbee-entrances. As shown in Fig. 8, the box, when formed for use, isrectangular, three of the corners being formed by folding the section atits V-shaped grooves z and the fourth corner being formed byinterlocking the tongue and groove formed ends.

Operation: As previously indicated, the socalled sections orbox-sections z are formed from long strips that are alreadycut to theproper thickness and width. These long strips are fed by hand throughthe narrow passage formed between the finger c andthe faceof the feedbar or head c, the strip being forced inward until it strikes the endguide I). The section-forming strip must of course be thus forced intoplace while the feed-head 0 stands in its normal position. (Indicatedin'Eig. 1.) When said feed-head is reciprocated into the positionindicatedin- Fig. .3, the strip will be forced by the cutting edge ofthe saw g and the first box-section will be cut ofi. This same movement,it will be noted, carries the section thus cut off in-. ward of. thefree ends of the spring-catches 'b" and 12 so that this section. cannotreturn with the feed-head. The finger c on the feed-head will, h0wever,'carry the inner end of the section-forming strip forward of thesaw, so that it may be readily moved into'posi-tion to be again cut offon the next forward movement of the feed-head. It is of courseevident'that every time a box-section is cut oif under the forwardmovement of the feedhead the sections which have previously been cut offwill be forced inward-or forward in the guide channel or magazine adistance equal to the thickness of said sections. By this process thesaid guide channel or magazinewill' be completely filled withbox-sections. Immediately'after the sections have been out 01f by thesaw g they will be thrown in contact with the knife-edged cam-flange t,and by it they will be forced endwise away from the saw and with theirfarther ends projected into the recess 6 of the end guide I). Then asthey are forced onward to a point just-beyond the saw 9' the cam orincline bwill force said sections back into thesame line which theybefore occupied, with their right-hand ends against and guided by theguide b. The sections 5 will next be forced between the cutters h, andthe bee-entrances a will be out. After passing the cutters h thesections 2 will be forced between the tongue-and-groove-cutting saws gand the tongue-and-groove joints 5 will be cut in the ends of saidsections. The section 2, which by the last succeeding feed movement ofthe feed plunger or head 0 was forced against the backing or guide platef will by the downward movement of the discharge-head or ejector beengaged by the ejector 7 bladef' and forced downward through the exitslot or paslower portion of said plate f by the upper ends of thesprings 19. This downward movement of the ejector, it will beremembered, takes place simultaneously-with the return or backwardmovement of the feed head or bar. The next succeeding section 2, whichis forced downward by the ejector-bladeflwill they are a finishedproduct, or, in other words,

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So far as I am aware I am the first to provide a single machine adaptedto perform the complete operation of forming finished h'oney-' boxsections of the character shown from blank-strips.

While I have very specifically described the preferred form of myinvention above illustrated, it will of course be understood that I donot limit myself to these details. On the contrary, it is obvious thatmy invention 'is capable of a large range of modification.

What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the UnitedStates, is as follows:

1. The combination with a channel or guideway extended laterally andlongitudinally in a horizontal plane, of a reciprocating feedheadoperating to feed the blank-strips sidewise intosaid guideway, adischarge-head or ejector mounted to move vertically across saidguideway to eject said strips edgewise, one at a time, connections forreciprocating said feed-head and ejector so as to feed and dischargealternately, and intermediate section-forming devices, operatingsubstantially as described.

2. The combination with a channel or guideway extended laterally andlongitudinally in a horizontal plane, of a feed device operating to feedthe blank-sections sidewise into said guideway, a discharging device orejector operating to eject said sections, one at a time,v

by edgewise movement in a vertical plane, stationarycorner-groove-formiug cutters positioned to operate on the sections asthey are being ejected edgewise, and intermediate sec- Lion-formingdevices, operating substantially as described.

3. The combination with a channel orguideway for the sections and a feeddevice for delivering the sections thereto, of a saw arranged to cut atone side of said guideway, and the cam flange or rib t projecting intosaid guideway and arranged to engage the intermediate portions of saidsections just after they are out by said saw and to cam the same endwiseaway from the saw, substantially as described.

4. The combination with a channel or guideway for the sections, and afeed device for delivering sections thereinto, of a circle-saw arrangedto cut in the plane of one side of said guideway, a recess formedtransversely opposite to a portion of said saw, as at b and terminatingin the cam portion 1), and the cam flange or rib t secured andprojecting into said guideway for action on the sections, substantiallyas described.

5. Acombination with a channel or guideway for the sections, of areciprocating feedhead delivering sections sidewise thereinto, acircle-saw arranged to cut oif the sections presented thereto by saidfeed-head, cutters working through the top and bottom of saidchannel-for forming the'bee entrances'or passages and thetongue-and-grooved corner-joint in said section's, while passing throughsaid guideway, a dischargehead or ejector working transversely of saidguideway and discharging said sections edgewise one at a time, and thecutters for forming the V-shaped corner-grooves in said sections as theyare ejected or discharged, substantially as described.

6. In a machine for forming honey-boxes,

the combination with a channel or guideway for the sections, ofreciprocating feeding and discharging devices mounted to work in reverseorder, a saw for cutting 0d the sections under the actionof the saidfeed device, cutters for forming the bee-entrances, cutters for formingthe ton gue-and-grooved corner joints, and cutters for forming theV-shaped cornergrooves, all of the said parts being automaticallyoperated with a properly-timed action and operating as a single machineto form a complete honey-box, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

CHARLES MONDENG.

Witnesses:

LILLIA'N O. ELMoRE, F. D. MERCHANT.

